Bulletin.



No. 630,855. v Patented Aug. l5, I899. E. S. BROOKS BULLETIN.

(Application filed. Jan. 5, 1899.)

k m m k uni Model.)

(No Model.)

E. S. BROOKS.

BULLETIN.

(Application filed Jan. 5, 1899.)

Patented Aug. I5, I899.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EMERSON S. BROOKS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

BULLETIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,855, dated August15, 1899.

Application filed January 5, 1899. Serial No. 701,231. (No model.)

T0 at whom it vita/y colwerlt:

Be it known that I, EMERSON S. BRooKs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Bulletin, of which the following is aspecification.

The main or generic object of my invention is the production of abulletin provided with adjustable means having letters, figures, orboth, or other characters or symbols thereon for imparting when properlycom bined any desired information which shall be cheap in first cost,simple in construction, easily manipulated and not liable to becomederanged.

A further and specific object is the production of a bulletin adaptedfor use in indicating the time at which a railway-train is due at astation or its departure therefrom and which shall also indicate, whendesired, the day of the month, the number of the train, the direction,and whether the train is on time or late, and if overdue the period oftime.

\Vith these objects in View my invention consists in an elongated casingor box having a door and supporting a shaft upon which are mountedrollers provided with characters orletters or figures, said rollersbeing adapted for adjustment one relative to another and in line withalongitudinal opening in the side of the casing or box and held in placeby suitable means, such as looped-wire springs.

It further consists in a casing or box hav ing a door, a longitudinalopening, a shaft upon which are mounted circular rollers, notched disks,and means for engaging the disks.

Still further, it consists in a box having a door at the bottom, alongitudinal slot in the side, and a shaft upon which are mountedadjustable rollers.

Finally, it consists in certain novelties of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter described and shown, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one example only of the physicalembodiment of my invention and which is constructed according to thebest of the several modes I have so far devised for the application ofthe principle.

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of the example which isspecifically adapted for use as a train-bulletin. Fig. 2 showstheinterior elements of the bulletin, which are located at the left-handend thereof,embracing the shaft, the rollers, the washers, the disks,and the wire springs, four rollers being in elevation and two insection. Fig. 3 illustrates the relative disposition of the rollers andshaft at the right-hand end of the bulletin, the front of the casingbeing removed. Fig. l is a section taken on line at of Fig. 1, lookingtoward the left. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the casing or box withone of the end coversremoved. Fig. 6 is a view of the doorinperspective.

Referring to the several figures, the letter A designates a piece ofgalvanized iron bent on longitudinal lines to form angles at A A Theright-hand portion, as shown in Fig. 5, is curved downwardly and thefree edge at A turned or rolled upon itself and cut away at intervals,so as to constitute an element of a hinge. The edge A is left plain.

B B are curved strips of metal riveted to the piece A adjacent the endsthereof and upon the inside surface;

O is a curved piece of metal of the same length as A, riveted to thestrips B B on their outside surfaces, so as to leave longitudinalopenings at D and D, each respectively one inch and two inches wide.

E E are two pieces of galvanized iron, each twenty and one-half inchesin length, soldered along one edge to the edges of the opening D, madein the side of the box.

F designates a piece of glass twenty and one-half inches long by one andone-half inches wide, held in place between the free edges of the stripsE E and the edges A of the piece Aand the piece 0, as clearly shown inFigs. 1 and l.

Gis the edge of the piece 0, rolled upon itself longitudinally; H, adoor havinga curved edge I at the front adapted to spring over therolled edgeG and to be frictionally held in place thereby; J, elementsof the hinge, c0nsisting of integral parts of the edge of the doorrolled upon itself; K, a rod which serves to pivotally unite the door tothe curved edge A of the casing; L, a cover fitting over the end of thebox and soldered in place; M, acircular piece of metal having a squarehole and soldered to the center of the cover upon the inside; N, a coverfor the opposite end of the box, having a hole through the center; 0, ashaft three-eighths of an inch in diameter and one-fourthinch square atone end to fit the square hole in the piece M on the cover; P, a screwpassed through the hole in the cover and adjustable in the end of theshaft: Q, a brass tube on the shaft. A series of eighteen circularrollers, each four and onehalf inches in diameter, are loosely supportedon the tube Q andshaft O, as illustrated.

R designates the washers separating adjacent rollers; S, notched tindisks secured to the sides of the rollers, each disk being of largerdiameter than a roller, so as to have an edge projecting one-eighth ofan inch approximately.

T and U are washers soldered on the shaft at each end thereof to holdthe rollers permanently on the tube.

V is a wooden bar three=fourths of an inch by one-half inch by twentyinches bolted to the rear inside upper part of the box; W, loopedsprings of twenty-seven-thousandths piano wire, having the loops locatedwithin the notch in the disks S and the free ends passed through the barY and turned over to hold them against withdrawal, and X designateshangers by means of which the entire device can be detachably supportedwhen in use.

The example of thebulletin described and shown 011 the drawings istwenty-one and onehalf inches long by about five inches in diameter andweighs nearly eight pounds.

The number of rollers to be mounted on the shaft and the characters,letters, figures, symbols, dsc, to be placed on the surface of therollers will depend, of course, upon the purpose which the particularbulletin is to subserve. Inasmuch as this example is for use as atrain-bulletin the characters selected are confined to letters andfigures. The roller at the extreme left serves to indicate the months ofthe year and so has painted around its circumference the abbreviationsor names of the months. The third, fifth, sixth, ninth, tenth, eleventh,and thirteenth rollers each display numerals from l to O. The secondroller bears numbers from 1 to 3, the fourth from l to 5, the eighth thenumeral 1," and the sixteenth the numerals from 1 to 0" and the letterA. The seventh roller has the words North, South, East, est, thetwelfth, the letters A. M.and P. M. the fourteenth, the letters N,I'll-f Hrs; the seventeenth, the letters Mt; the eighteenth, the lettersElf and the fifteenth the numerals from 1 to O and the letters Tl. It isobvious that by turning the rollers an innumerable number ofcombinations of the letters, figures, and words can be formed, and

especially such combinations as will give the desired informationrelating to the arrival of a train, such as the date, number of thetrain, direction, time due, and whether on time or late, and if late theperiod of time. Upon the box and above the glass may be printed anywords which will aid in understanding the significance of the charactersdisplayed through the glass. The drawings show the words Date, "rain,Direction, and Due, but others may be added if found desirable.

The manipulations in using the bulletin are quite simple, all that isnecessary in changing a combination being to drop the door and with thefingers turn the rollers till the wire springs, riding over the edges ofthe disks, drop into the desired notches which correspond with thecharacters to be displayed.

Iirom the foregoing it will be seen that I have produced a bulletinsuited to fulfil all the conditions set forth and which possessesmanynovel and desirable characteristics and features of construction,adaptation, and operation. The door being located at the bottom of thebox prevents the ingress of dirt, snow, or rain. The rollers having thenotched disks provide for easy adjustment and the retention of therollers in place when subjected to vibrations imparted by a movingtrain, and the several parts being made up of simple elements allows thebulletin to be 'of any material and of any suitable dimensions, thelocation of the parts altered, and

many other modifications introduced,whether the device is to be used asa train or other bulletin. All such variations and others I IIO intendto embrace within the scope of my claims.

hat I claim is- 1. The combination in a bulletin, constructedsubstantially as described, of a piece of metal A; a curved piece ofmetal 0; strips of metal B B riveted to the ends of elements A and 0;covers L and N fitting over the ends of elements A and C; a door Ifhinged to element A; and shaft 0 engaging the covers andsupporting-rollers; in substance as set forth.

2. The combination in a bulletin, construct ed substantially asdescribed, of a casing; a shaft; rollers on the shaft; disks each havinga series of notches; and looped-wire springs secured to the casing atone end and adapted to engage the notches in the disks at the other end.

3. The combination in a bulletin, constructed substantially asdescribed, 01' a casing; end covers L and N; a metallic piece M havingan angular hole secured to the cover L; a shaft having an angular end;rollers on the shaft; and a screw P for supporting the opposite end ofthe shaft.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EMERSON S. BROOKS. \Vitnesses:

W M. KLINE, A. H. SMITH.

